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Parker's Modern Wills Precedents, 7th Edition

Parker's Modern Wills Precedents, 7th Edition

Author: Michael Waterworth
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
ISBN: 9781847666888
Published In: April 2011
Format: Hardback + CD-ROM , 340 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Includes a CD-Rom of precedents

Now you can draft wills quickly and confidently with this trusted and great value resource

Recommended by the Institute of Professional Willwriters, Parker’s Modern Wills Precedents is a well established and highly regarded publication, renowned for its clarity of drafting. The new 7th edition provides private client solicitors and professional will draftsmen with a thorough understanding and working knowledge of the will drafting process and, as a result, the ability to draft better wills.

In recent years private client drafting and advisory work has seen rapid and far-reaching changes. With Parker’s Modern Wills Precedents by your side, you can rest assured that you’ll have the most up to date and reliable precedents available. This book includes:

A comprehensive collection of precedents aimed at anyone who needs to draft wills
A variety of precedents for individual clauses as well as a set of complete wills catering for different scenarios
An emphasis on clarity, practicality and simplicity, so you can quickly draft legally sound wills for a variety of circumstances
Notes and guidance on drafting and additional materials, including letters, support materials and extracts from relevant legislation
Advice on inheritance tax mitigation, post-death rearrangements and oaths for executors
All the precedents on CD-Rom so you can quickly and easily copy, paste and edit them to your clients requirements

This resource will help you to improve your precedents, draft better, more up-to-date wills and provide your clients with a more comprehensive service.

Re-drafted precedents to reflect the recent changes

The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 and its affect on will drafting both by providing a unique perpetuity period of 125 years and abolishing the rule against excessive accumulations
The introduction of transferable nil-rate bands between spouses and civil partners (Finance Act 2008)
Significant changes to the inheritance tax treatment of trusts brought about by Finance Act 2006

Introduction;
General considerations;
Opening and revocation;
Declarations concerning joint, mutual and reciprocal Wills;
Declarations

Part I

Appointment of executors and trustees;
Appointment of testamentary guardians;
Legacies;
Specific gifts of chattels and other personal property;
Specific gifts of real property and rights of occupation;
Residuary gifts;
Powers of executors and trustees;
Declarations

Part II;

Attestation;
Inheritance tax mitigation;
Complete Wills;
Single adults;
Wills for married couples or civil partners with no children;
Wills for married couples or civil partners with children;
Unmarried couples with children;
Second marriages or civil partnerships;
Variations after death;
Oaths for executors;
Letters and other support materials;

Appendix

The author, Michael Waterworth, is a barrister with many years experience specialising in trusts, tax planning, wills, probate, the administration of estates and family provision.